Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne
(Occitan): Nauta Vinhana
Prefecture building in Limoges
Prefecture building in Limoges
Flag of Haute-Vienne
Coat of arms of Haute-Vienne
Location of Haute-Vienne in France
Location of Haute-Vienne in France
Coordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E / 45.833°N 1.267°E / 45.833; 1.267
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
PrefectureLimoges
SubprefecturesBellac
Rochechouart
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilJean-Claude Leblois[1] (PS)
Area
 • Total5,520 km2 (2,130 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total371,691
 • Rank65th
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number87
Arrondissements3
Cantons21
Communes195
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Haute-Vienne (French pronunciation: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana, Nauta Viena; 'Upper Vienne') is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Populations légales 2019: 87 Haute-Vienne, INSEE